Don't Stay in School
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Also important to note, all countries are racist. The issues vary, but the issues persist. Here in Eastern Europe you have totally different concerns than in America. Here Christian and Muslim groups live in harmony, but the Roma are discriminated against heavily. Americans often experience none of this. Move a Roma from Eastern Europe to the US and no one would be able to figure out why they were discriminated against here. In the US they'd just be another random person. You could even tell people that they were Roma and people would just say "what's that?"
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Go to Africa. They are very racist. Not against whites but against other blacks. There is no place on earth to get away from racism.
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@Minion-Queen said in Don't Stay in School:
There is no place on earth to get away from racism.
I cannot wrap my head around this. I just don't understand why people are so cruel to one another.
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The other thing that drives me nuts is when I hear people talk about how things like gender fluidity, transgender, etc like it's some radical new "liberal" thing. But these are things that have been around for thousands of years. I find it amazing how people talk about so many issues like they are brand new. They aren't. They have been around for a very long time, all around the world. What has happened is that, because of the internet primarily, issues that used to be hidden in the shadows, are coming to the light. Also, matters that used to be very "taboo" to talk about are becoming more normal and accepted. People who used to have to fear for their life or their safety, physically, emotionally, etc, are now able to talk about these things without AS BIG a fear of that. We're in the age of information with so many people who are proud to be so uninformed it's embarrassing.
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@dafyre said in Don't Stay in School:
@Minion-Queen said in Don't Stay in School:
There is no place on earth to get away from racism.
I cannot wrap my head around this. I just don't understand why people are so cruel to one another.
Amen!
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@dafyre said in Don't Stay in School:
@Minion-Queen said in Don't Stay in School:
There is no place on earth to get away from racism.
I cannot wrap my head around this. I just don't understand why people are so cruel to one another.
It's not always intentional. Sometimes it's just misunderstanding.
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@scottalanmiller said in Don't Stay in School:
@dafyre said in Don't Stay in School:
@Minion-Queen said in Don't Stay in School:
There is no place on earth to get away from racism.
I cannot wrap my head around this. I just don't understand why people are so cruel to one another.
It's not always intentional. Sometimes it's just misunderstanding.
Or cultural. Most people are morons, and morons fear what they don't understand instead of taking the time to gain understanding. It's a reflex basically. "Oh, that doesn't make sense to me, so it's stupid and I'm going to hate it." Intelligent people would rather learn about something that simply write it off because it's something they don't know.
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@scottalanmiller said in Don't Stay in School:
@dafyre said in Don't Stay in School:
@Minion-Queen said in Don't Stay in School:
There is no place on earth to get away from racism.
I cannot wrap my head around this. I just don't understand why people are so cruel to one another.
It's not always intentional. Sometimes it's just misunderstanding.
I think that racism is intentional. A misunderstanding is just that... One person may feel they have been insulted, while the person doing the insulting has no idea what they did wrong...but it was a cultural difference, not a one person feeling like they are superior to another.
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@dafyre said in Don't Stay in School:
@scottalanmiller said in Don't Stay in School:
@dafyre said in Don't Stay in School:
@Minion-Queen said in Don't Stay in School:
There is no place on earth to get away from racism.
I cannot wrap my head around this. I just don't understand why people are so cruel to one another.
It's not always intentional. Sometimes it's just misunderstanding.
I think that racism is intentional. A misunderstanding is just that... One person may feel they have been insulted, while the person doing the insulting has no idea what they did wrong...but it was a cultural difference, not a one person feeling like they are superior to another.
Many people would, and have, argued that not understanding, not taking the time to understanding, limiting understanding only to your own group is racism.
Of course, I've also been told that only certain races can be racist. A statement which is, quite obviously, racist.
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@scottalanmiller said in Don't Stay in School:
@dafyre said in Don't Stay in School:
@scottalanmiller said in Don't Stay in School:
@dafyre said in Don't Stay in School:
@Minion-Queen said in Don't Stay in School:
There is no place on earth to get away from racism.
I cannot wrap my head around this. I just don't understand why people are so cruel to one another.
It's not always intentional. Sometimes it's just misunderstanding.
I think that racism is intentional. A misunderstanding is just that... One person may feel they have been insulted, while the person doing the insulting has no idea what they did wrong...but it was a cultural difference, not a one person feeling like they are superior to another.
Many people would, and have, argued that not understanding, not taking the time to understanding, limiting understanding only to your own group is racism.
Of course, I've also been told that only certain races can be racist. A statement which is, quite obviously, racist.
When I approach someone of different culture (mainly when face to face), I make sure to let them know that I am not trying to be offensive, and that if I do something to offend them to tell me.
I love learning about various cultures, but I'd rather learn it form the people who live it, rather than from the books that just tell us about it.
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@scottalanmiller said in Don't Stay in School:
Many people would, and have, argued that not understanding, not taking the time to understanding, limiting understanding only to your own group is racism.
Interesting - do you consider it so?
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@Dashrender said in Don't Stay in School:
@scottalanmiller said in Don't Stay in School:
Many people would, and have, argued that not understanding, not taking the time to understanding, limiting understanding only to your own group is racism.
Interesting - do you consider it so?
Honestly I'm not sure. Certainly not always, but I think sometimes. I think that it is situational.
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@scottalanmiller said in Don't Stay in School:
http://www.theonion.com/article/officials-starting-think-school-just-not-nations-t-52820
Too close to reality
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@scottalanmiller said in Don't Stay in School:
@Dashrender said in Don't Stay in School:
@scottalanmiller said in Don't Stay in School:
Many people would, and have, argued that not understanding, not taking the time to understanding, limiting understanding only to your own group is racism.
Interesting - do you consider it so?
Honestly I'm not sure. Certainly not always, but I think sometimes. I think that it is situational.
I don't think that would be racist at all. It's definitely something, but racists? This situation would be the case for anyone who doesn't take the other person's situation into account regardless of race, religion, gender, etc, etc, etc...
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@tonyshowoff said in Don't Stay in School:
@scottalanmiller said in Don't Stay in School:
http://www.theonion.com/article/officials-starting-think-school-just-not-nations-t-52820
Too close to reality
Close?
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Oh, is that satire?
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Interesting the comparison to other countries - one's who's culture still keep families close at hand and personal responsibility seems (from this outsiders view) to be a thing.
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@Dashrender said in Don't Stay in School:
Interesting the comparison to other countries - one's who's culture still keep families close at hand and personal responsibility seems (from this outsiders view) to be a thing.
yes, we see a lotof that in our travels.
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@tonyshowoff said in Don't Stay in School:
@scottalanmiller said in Don't Stay in School:
http://www.theonion.com/article/officials-starting-think-school-just-not-nations-t-52820
Too close to reality
The Onion has been getting way too close for comfort the last few months. It has been kind of freaky.
